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J. MILO. AUTOMATIC DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MILO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

AUTOMATIC DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 575,846, dated January26, 1897.

Ap fioation fil d June 23, 1896. Serial No. 596,664. (No model.)

To all whom. it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN MILO, a citizen of the United States, residingat \Villiams Bridge, New York city, New York, have invented a new anduseful Automatic Distributing Apparatus, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to coin-controlled vending and strength-testin gapparatus, and it has for its object to provide novel mechanical devicesfor apparatus of this character, which are particularly adapted to beinclosed within the form of an animal of one kind or another, thenovelty and the amusing effects of the apparatus being heightened by thein,- clusion of a device to imitate the cry of the animal, this devicebeing operated together with the other devices.

The various devices wherein the invention consists will be fullydescribed hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, whichform a part hereof, and the features of novelty will be pointed out inthe claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the complete apparatusin one form which may be adopted for the embodiment of the invention.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central section of the same in a verticalplane. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, partly in vertical section, in aplane nearer the observer than that shown in Fig. 2.

In the apparatus represented in the drawings as a convenient embodimentof the invention a bar A is mounted to slide longitudinally in suitablesupports a a and extends beyond the shell or casing B, which is made torepresent any desired animal, and outside of such casing is providedwith a handle ct, which may be made to represent the tail of the animal.A spring a is applied to the bar A in such manner as to return it to itsnormal position after it has been pulled out. IVithin the casing 13 thebar A is also formed or provided with a rack a which engages with a gear0, mounted on a suitable fixed shaft 0'. A pinion c is secured to thegear 0 and meshes with a vertical rack-bar 0 adapted to slide insuitable guides. Outside of the-shell B the rack-bar c is provided withan indicator or pointer c, which shows upon a scale C the extent ofmovement of the bar A, and therefore the strength exerted in compressingthe spring a The movement of the bar effects the delivcry of somearticle of merchandise by the following means: A tube D, containing thearticles to be vended, is placed within the shell 13 in aconvenientposition, and in proximity to its lower end is fixed a plated, flush with the upper end of a delivery-chute d. An arm d having athicknesscorresponding to the thickness of each one of the articles tobe vended, is fixed to the bar A to be moved therewith and slidesbetween the end of the tube D and the plate d, the end of said tubeoverlying the plate d and the chute cl being offset therefrom in theline of movement of said arm (1 In the arm d is an aperture d which isbrought by the outward movement of bar A into line with the end of thetube D to receive one of the articles therefrom. In the reverse movementof said arm 61 the aperture d is brought into line with the chute cl andtherefore discharges the article outward through said chute. It will beobvious that, if desired, other delivery devices may be carried by thebar A, so that two or more arti cles may be delivered simultaneously,but as the construction would be the same as that already described nofurther illustration or description is necessary.

The bar A is locked against movement until it is released by theintroduction of a suitable coin, as will presently be described. Aslot 1) is formed in the shell B of such size as to admit the coin whichit is desired shall release the bar A. From the slot 1') the coin dropsinto a tube E, which is bent in the form of an elbow-lever and isdelicately poised upon its pivot 0, so that normally it occupies theposition shown in fulllines in Fig. 2, but when a coin is introduced thetube is tilted into the position shown in dotted lines, so that the coinshall roll forward somewhat rapidly until it is stopped by an arm of anelbow-lever F, which projects into the tube in the path of the coin. Thelever F stands normally in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2,but is tilted by the impact of the coin into the position shown bydotted lines in said figure, bringing the other arm of said lever intocon,- tact with the springf'. The upper arm of the lever I restsnormally in the path of a block f, secured to the bar A, and themovement of said lever already described effects the release of said barby moving the upper arm out of the path of said block, but the coin isstill held from farther movement by the other arm of said lever. \Vhenthe bar A is pulled outward a cam on said block 1" moves the lever Ffarther in the same direction against the pressure of the springf, andso moves the lower end of lever I far enough to release the coin and topermit it to roll rapidly to the end of the lower arm of the tube E. Itis obvious that all of the parts will restore themselves to their normalpositions as soon as the operator lets go of the handle a and the coinrolls from the end of the tube E.

I prefer to make the coin effect the release of another strength-testingdevice, and for this purpose I mount in line with the end of the tube Eand in close proximity thereto a curved lever Gr. hen the coin rolls tothe end of the tube E and against the lever G, it tilts the sameslightly by its impact until its farther movement is checked by a spring9. This movement is insufficient to permit the coin to leave the tube E,and the lever G is therefore held from swinging back. An arm 5 of thelever G constitutes alatch to engage a notch la of a vertical bar II,which is guided to move freely, is provided at its upper end, outside ofthe shell B, with a pad or buffer 71, adapted to be struck by the list.The lower end of said bar A rests upon a lover I, to which is connectedan in dicator-rod 2', a spring 1" being applied to said rod i to resistthe movement of the bar A. An indicator or pointer 1' is provided on therod i to indicate upon its scale I the extent of movement of the rod'2', and therefore the force of blow upon the bar 11, which compressesthe spring i. The bar II is provided with a cam 7L2, which in thedownward movement of said bar forces the lever G farther over againstthe pressure of the spring g, and so permits the coin to roll from thetube E and the latter to return to its normal position. As the coinsfall from the tube E they are received within the shell 13 and may beremoved from time to time through a door 7), which is provided for thepurpose.

A cam a" on the bar A serves to operate a bellows J, which is arrangedto produce a noise in imitation of the animals cry. Another cam, 60', onthe bar A operates, through a rod In, to effect the release of amusic-box, (represented at K.)

It will now be readily understood that when a coin has been introducedthrough the slot 2) the handle a can be pulled. This will. effect thedelivery of one of the articles contained within the tube 1), willrelease the mnsic-lnflx, and will cause the bellows J to produce asound. The compression of a spring a will be shown upon the scale C andthe force of the blow upon the pad or buffer I! will be indicated uponthe scale 1.

It will be obvious that various changes may be made in the details ofconstruction of my improved apparatus without departing from the spiritof my invention, and therefore I do not intend to limit my invention tothe precise construction and arrangement shown and de scribed herein.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters latcut- 1. In a coin-controlledapparatus, the combination of a vertical movable bar having a pad orbuffer, a lever upon one end of which said bar is supported, a rodermnected to said lever, a spring applied to said rod to resist themovement of said bar, an. indicator to show the extent of compression ofsaid spring, a latch to prevent movement of. said bar, and acoin-controlled device to disengage said latch from said bar,substantially as shown and described.

2. In a coin-controlled ap nu'atus, the com bination of a coin-tubehaving a substantiall horizontal arm and poised upon a pivot, said tubebeing tilted by the weight of the coin in the tube, a lever projectinginto the path of; the coin in the tube to be moved by the impact of thecoin and to check the further movcment of the coin, and means to movesaid lever farther and to permit the coin to roll far ther in said tube,substantially as shown and described.

In a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination of a movable bar, alever having a latch to engage said bar, a spring in proximity to saidlever but normally out of contact therewith, a coin-tube havingasubstantially horizontal arm and poised upon a pivot, the end of saidlever entering the path of the coin in the tube, whereby the impact of acoin delivered through said tube against said lever shall. move the sameagainst said spring and disengage said latch and the weight of the coinshall tilt the tube, and a cam upon said bar, whereby upon the movementof said bar said lever is moved farther against said spring to releasethe coin and permit it to roll :far ther in said tube, substantially asshown and described.

4:. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination of alongitudinally-movable bar having a handle, a spring applied to said.bar to resist movement thereof in one direction, a latch to engage saidbar, a vertically-1novable bar having a pad or buffer, a spring to rest:

movement of said vertically-movablc bar, a latch to prevent movement ofsaid vertically movable bar, a coin-tube having a substantiallyhorizontal arm and poised upon a pivot to be tilted by the weight of thecoin, said first-named latch projecting into the path of thevertically-movable bar, substantially as the coin in the tube to bemoved by the impact of the coin to release the longitudinallymovablebar, and means to move said firstnamed latch farther to permit the cointo roll farther in the tube and to strike the secondnamed latch to movethe same and release shown and described.

JOHN MILO.

Vitnesses:

GUIsEPPE TUOTI, LOUIS SAULINO.

